---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to documents issued by the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency."
description: "Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/or"
legislature: "Oregon Legislative Assembly"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2015"
citation: "Oregon HB 2015 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnie Roblan", "Diego Hernandez", "James Manning Jr.", "Susan McLain", "Teresa Alonso Leon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-27T18:28:08+00:00"
last_action: "2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f672d9b9-a820-4b45-a1c6-d189de1fb7f5"
source_url: "https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Measures/Overview/HB2015"
source_hash: "be6cd13baa72eecb176f380009b32b11c54cff27db44fc2efb94c21ed63149e9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-or"]
---

# Oregon HB 2015 (2019 Regular Session) — Relating to documents issued by the Department of Transportation; and declaring an emergency.

Eliminates requirement that person provide proof of legal presence before Department of Transportation issues noncommercial driver license, noncommercial driver permit or identification card.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendments to Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2015/House Amendments to Introduced)
2. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2015/Introduced)
3. **A-Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2015/A-Engrossed)
4. **JWM Amendment -9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/ProposedAmendment/16857)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2019R1/Downloads/MeasureDocument/HB2015/Enrolled)

## Votes

- Heard and Reported Out — **7–4** (pass) · legislature
- Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. — **17–10** (pass) · upper
- Motion to refer to Rules failed. — **22–38** (fail) · lower
- Passed. — **39–21** (pass) · lower
- Heard and Reported Out with Amendments — **28–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Arnie Roblan — primary (person)
- Diego Hernandez — primary (person)
- James Manning Jr. — primary (person)
- Susan McLain — primary (person)
- Teresa Alonso Leon — primary (person)
- Alissa Keny-Guyer — cosponsor (person)
- Andrea Salinas — cosponsor (person)
- Anna Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara Smith Warner — cosponsor (person)
- Brian Clem — cosponsor (person)
- Carla Piluso — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Gorsek — cosponsor (person)
- Courtney Neron — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Rayfield — cosponsor (person)
- Janeen Sollman — cosponsor (person)
- Janelle Bynum — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barker — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Reardon — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Williamson — cosponsor (person)
- John Lively — cosponsor (person)
- Julie Fahey — cosponsor (person)
- Karin Power — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Ken Helm — cosponsor (person)
- Lee Beyer — cosponsor (person)
- Lew Frederick — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret Doherty — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Meek — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Wilde — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Greenlick — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Nathanson — cosponsor (person)
- Pam Marsh — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Paul Holvey — cosponsor (person)
- Rachel Prusak — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Nosse — cosponsor (person)
- Rob Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Sara Gelser — cosponsor (person)
- Shemia Fagan — cosponsor (person)
- Sheri Schouten — cosponsor (person)
- Tawna Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Tiffiny Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Kotek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-27T18:28:08+00:00** First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T00:33:29+00:00** Referred to Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-18T00:01:00+00:00** Public Hearing held.
- **2019-05-23T00:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-05-30T18:25:42+00:00** Without recommendation as to passage and be referred to Ways and Means.
- **2019-05-30T18:27:05+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means by order of Speaker. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-03T18:34:00+00:00** Assigned to Subcommittee On Transportation and Economic Development. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10T20:03:00+00:00** Returned to Full Committee.
- **2019-06-10T20:01:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T16:02:00+00:00** Work Session held.
- **2019-06-14T22:21:43+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-17T17:25:46+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T17:26:43+00:00** Third reading. Carried by Hernandez, Alonso Leon.
- **2019-06-18T17:30:00+00:00** Motion to refer to Rules failed.
- **2019-06-18T17:42:00+00:00** Passed.
- **2019-06-19T16:50:51+00:00** First reading. Referred to President's desk. `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T17:43:00+00:00** Vote explanation(s) filed by Evans, Mitchell, Noble.
- **2019-06-19T22:57:34+00:00** Referred to Ways and Means. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-29T15:05:07+00:00** Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-29T17:37:10+00:00** Second reading. `reading-2`
- **2019-06-29T19:15:47+00:00** Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Manning Jr. Passed. `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-06-30T21:26:46+00:00** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2019-07-02T21:22:44+00:00** President signed. `passage`
- **2019-08-09T23:53:36+00:00** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-14T21:32:36+00:00** Chapter 701, (2019 Laws): Effective date August 9, 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f672d9b9-a820-4b45-a1c6-d189de1fb7f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oregon legislature records).